1999 Fontaine Trailer

IN FEBRUARY OF 1999 I PURCHASED A COBALT 226 AND AN EAGLE TRAILER. THIS EAGLE TRAILER WAS MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR MY BOAT, IT HAS CARLISLE ST205/75R14 TIRES.. SINCE I LIVE IN PA, MY BOATING YEAR IS 3-4 MONTHS LONG AND BY BOAT IS STORED INDOORS DURING THE WINTER. MY AVERAGE MILEAGE EACH YEAR IS APPROX. 1000 MILES. IN MAY, 2002. I BLEW OUT THE FIRST TIRE. I DID NOT KNOW WHY AND THE TIRE WAS A TOTAL LOSS, SO WE JUST BOUGHT A NEW CARLISLE TIRE TO REPLACE IT. IN JULY THE SECOND BLEW OUT FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER IN AUGUST 2002. WITHIN THE LAST TWO BLOW OUTS, MY FIBER GLASS FENDERS WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH THE BREAK INE AND ALL OF THE WIRES WERE RIPPED OUT OF THE TRAILER. WE AGAIN PURCHASED NEW CARLISLE TIRES . THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF THE TIRES TO TAKE TO THE DEALER. THE COST TO REPLACE MY FENDERS WAS $783 PLUS MY LABOR TO TAKE THE OLD ONES OFF, REPAIR THE BRAKE LINE AND REWIRE THE LIGHTS. FINALLY ON AUG 29,2004, I AM ABOUT TO TAKE MY BOAT TO THE LAKE AND MY WIFE, WHILE WINDING THE TRAILER UP TO HOOK IT UP TO THE TRUCK, NOTICED THAT THE SPARE TIRE LOOKED CROOKED. I CHECK IT OUT AND FOUND THAT THE AMPLE TREAD WAS SEPARATED IN NUMEROUS PLACES. THERE WAS ONLY ONE OTHER ORIGINAL TIRE ON THE BOAT AND WHEN I LOOKED AT IT IT WAS IN THE SAME CONDITION. THIS TIME I HAD EVIDENCE TO TAKE TO THE CARLISLE DEALERSHIP. THEY SENT THE TIRES TO CARLISLE AND CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT CARLISLE SAID THAT THEY WOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THE 2 NEW ONES. I DO NOT HAVE A CHECK AS OF THIS DATE. WHEN I CHECK THE NHTSA WEBSITE, I FOUND THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME TIRE STARTING BACK IN 2001 WITH STORIES MUCH THE SAME AS MINE. CARLISLE MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR A POORLY MANUFACTURED TIRE. *JB